Two Rings from the Bush Differential Analyzer

Description:

These two steel rings are of somewhat different size and shape.

Parts of the Bush differential analyzer surviving at the Smithsonian have museum numbers MA.314824 and 1983.3002.01 through 1983.3002.89.

Date Made: ca 1930

Maker: Bush, Vannevar

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers, Science & Mathematics

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Credit Line: Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.3002.75Catalog Number: 1983.3002.75Nonaccession Number: 1983.3002

Object Name: Differential Analyzer Components

Physical Description: steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2.1 cm x 3.1 cm x 3.1 cm; 13/16 in x 1 7/32 in x 1 7/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0e63-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_693862

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